I just found this new article today on Salon.com. The author is right on
the mark:

The birds of Hollywood: An unnatural history. Movie producers spend
countless millions to make the details convincing. So why can't they
figure out that blue jays are asleep at night and thrushes go south for
the winter?

<http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/06/13/ornithology/
index.html?CP=RDF&DN=310>

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